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== Service in British India== | == Service in British India== | ||
*'''1805''' [[Bombay]] | *'''1805''' [[Bombay]] | ||
*'''1857''' [[Indian Mutiny]] | *'''1857''' [[Indian Mutiny]] | ||
===World War 1=== | |||
The 2nd Garrison Battalion, Essex Regiment was formed in Halton Park in January 1916 and moved to India, where it then remained until the end of 1918, according to this Great War Forum [http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=60313&#entry525055 post] | |||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
Revision as of 06:34, 10 April 2013
Known as The West Essex Regiment
Chronology
- 1755 raised at Newcastle and Gateshead as the 58th Regiment of Foot under the colonelcy of Lord Charles Manners
- 1756 became the 58th Regiment of Foot
- 1782 became the 56th Regiment of Foot
- 1804 2nd Battalion raised
- 1813 3rd Battalion raised
- 1881 amalgamated with the 44th (East Essex) Regiment of Foot to become 2nd Battalion Essex Regiment
- 1958 merged with the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment to form the 3rd East Anglian Regiment (16th/44th Foot)
- 1964 became 3rd Battalion of the new Royal Anglian Regiment
- 1992 3rd Battalion disbanded
Service in British India
- 1805 Bombay
- 1857 Indian Mutiny
World War 1
The 2nd Garrison Battalion, Essex Regiment was formed in Halton Park in January 1916 and moved to India, where it then remained until the end of 1918, according to this Great War Forum post
External Links
- 56th (West Essex) Regiment of Foot Wikipedia
- Essex Regiment Wikipedia
- Royal Anglian Regiment Wikipedia
- 56th (West Essex) Regiment of Foot including deployments Regiments.org, an archived site
- The Essex Regiment including deployments: 1st Battalion, 2nd Battalion Regiments.org, an archived site
- The Essex Regiment Museum Chelmsford Borough Council
- Royal Anglian Regiment Museum www.royalanglianmuseum.org.uk. Covers the Royal Norfolk Regiment (9th Foot), the Royal Lincolnshire Regiment (10th Foot), the Suffolk Regiment (12th Foot), the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment (16th Foot), the Royal Leicestershire Regiment (17th Foot)), the Essex Regiment (44th/ 56th Foot), and the Northamptonshire Regiment (48th/ 58th Foot)
- 2nd Bn The Essex Regiment embarked for India from Malta in Sept 1892, but left behind in Malta a depot detachment of 67 men. maltaramc.com
- Memorial to those who died 2nd Bn The Essex Regiment 1925-1928 at All Souls Church, Cawnpore. indian-cemeteries.org
Historical Books Online
- Historical Record of the Fifty - Sixth, or the West Essex Regiment of Foot: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1755, and of its subsequent services to 1844 1844. Google Books. Indian Service commences page 29 in 1805 in Bombay